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‘Administrators and faculty leaders have pushed for integration of the school's fraternities and sororities.’

‘The news item was on college fraternities - or ‘frat boys’ - and their relationship to violence against women.’

‘Funding would support new systems in college dormitories as well as fraternity and sorority housing.’

‘The projects themselves were trivial, closer to a test contrived by a college fraternity than a business school, and that was the point.’

‘Students who lived on campus and were involved in fraternities, sororities or extracurricular activities were less likely to drop out of college.’

‘It has a gay fraternity, a lesbian sorority, and several gay student groups.’

‘Locally, businesses and Iowa State University fraternities and sororities also contributed.’

‘During the course of the weekend, the fraternities and sororities on campus competed against each other in a variety of events.’

‘Our conversation concerned our roles as fraternity and sorority people while in college.’

‘In the 38 years since blacks students were admitted to the University of Alabama, none of the school's white fraternities and sororities has knowingly accepted an African American as a member.’

‘Single-sex social organizations, such as fraternities and sororities, may also affect late adolescents' attitudes and actions.’

‘Hazing has a deep-rooted association with college fraternities, athletics, and the military.’

‘Other efforts to help students utilize their time and decrease their stress are offered through the university recreation center and individual sororities and fraternities.’

‘He was also active in intramural athletics and a dramatics group and was president of his college fraternity.’

‘This incident is particularly distressing to the members of the University administration because all fraternities and sororities participated in a workshop a year ago to address a similar situation at another institution.’

‘Anyone who has been a member of a sorority or fraternity will be acquainted with some of the letter names.’

‘Purdue University suspended a fraternity for five years and disciplined two others in April for various infractions during a party and during a fight at the student union.’

‘Genuine synthesis was never a feasible proposition given the Muslim religious fraternity's profound horror and disdain of native traditions.’

‘For centuries, traditional Maya dances have been preserved by the religious men's fraternities called cofradias.’

‘The rest of the church fraternity in NZ becomes an easy target, an easy place to direct peoples anger.’

‘The British converted it into an Anglican Church in 1795 and in 1949 it joined the fraternity of the Church of South India.’

‘Katherine was also the member of at least two religious fraternities that had dedications to St Katherine.’

‘At the meeting, there were some who wanted him put on notice that he had violated the protocols of episcopal fraternity by acting as he did.’

‘As one of the oldest fraternities in existence today, it is not surprising that Freemasonry ‘places much importance on history which shapes and determines much of what we do,’ the Lodge Pattaya West Winds Master said.’

‘It was about differences. [Interruption] I say to the member opposite, who is ranting, that at that time there was difference between the religious fraternity.’

‘Many noted that the fraternity served the churches through its inculcation of moral virtues and brotherly love.’

‘During this time churches had been plundered, pious fraternities dissolved, new monastic vows forbidden, and many religious houses closed down.’

‘It has smaller fraternities of brothers living among the poorest of the poor in Bangladesh, Calcutta and Brazil, but the center of the community is Taize.’

‘This, he said, had helped ease the poverty levels and called on the Church fraternity to emulate the Catholics' gesture.’

‘Brothers of the fraternity gave him an update of the ‘situation’ to proceed further.’

‘Thus, membership of one of the guilds or fraternities which became common features of the Christian life in towns in this period might require a substantial entry fee as well as many incidental expenses later.’

‘They belong to the Greek Orthodox fraternity, which shares control over the church with other denominations but is the dominant force within the sacred site.’

‘He appealed to Church leaders to consult more with members of the Christian fraternity before making statements on behalf of their members to avoid divisions in the church.’

2mass nounFriendship and mutual support within a group.

‘the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity’

‘In the cradle of liberty, equality and fraternity, a presidential candidate is accused of bigotry, intolerance and some say anti-Semitism.’

‘Liberty, fraternity and equality must be reclaimed for the millions of the deprived and oppressed of the Indian earth.’

‘For this, we will have to adopt the concept of brotherhood and fraternity and work together, regardless of caste and creed.’

‘You do us great honour and your being here shows that it is a bond of friendship, understanding our fraternity.’